Dear Niantic, Great changes!
Good job making everything weaker! Smart move!
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Dude, a lowering tide lowers all boats. It's a shift to allow them to raise the level cap, and possibly to implement PvP.
Remember that the game is a finely balanced thing. Make HP a little more important, and then there would be Blissey and non-meta relevant pokemon. Reduce the effects of Defense too much, and Shadow Claw Shadow Ball Gengar is the right answer to any question.
Chill out and see what happens before you go off on them.
Whether you best friend battle or not, IMO Niantic partially factors in that you are doing it. We actually got a Mewtwo raid going at 630pm at EX park today, I ran to get there at hatch. Enough time to double back to get my charging caddy phone, all sorts of excellent and Golden throws...14 balls on each, caught both w/ less than 3 left.
Probably few people are gonna read this, but still: Here it is, you were just completely WRONG (obviously). Every pokémon is actually more resistant, except Blissey and Chansey. That post was not the only one complaining about an incoming change without knowing what it would be, but it was probably the most stupid. Or a troll.
Anyway, people, don't pay attention to affirmations like this, and to speculation in general. Most of the reactions show indeed people consider this post stupid, and that's a relief.